Pre and Post Conference Tours
Welcome to the Northwest Territories!
Take in the sights and sounds of the NWT by enjoying any of the following guided tours.
All tours will be booked and paid independently by participants to the tour operator.
Nahanni National Park Reserve
Experience a Canadian treasure and a United Nations World Heritage Site.
Nahanni National Park Reserve is an outstanding example of northern wilderness rivers, canyons, gorges and alpine tundra. One highlight of the park is Virginia Falls! With a total drop of 96 metres, it is twice the height of Niagara Falls.
Nahanni One Day Adventure Fly Over
- Tour Duration approximately 11 hours dock to dock
- Highlights: flying tour of plateaus and canyons, a two-hour sight-seeing stop at Virginia Falls and a 90 minute dinner stop in the historic community of Fort Simpson
- Prices range from $1,371 to $1,586 per person
depending on number of passengers - Yellowknife departure
- Minimum 3 people
- Maximum 12 people
Contact: Sherri Pellerin
Air Tindi Scenic Tours
Ph: 867-669-8270 | Fax: 867-669-8250
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Nahanni Overnight: Nahanni Mountain Lodge
- Tour the falls for a day and then relax overnight at Nahanni Mountain Lodge, located in the park on beautiful Little Doctor Lake
- Highlights: 5-6 hour day tour of Virginia Falls, an overnight stay at a rustic lodge where you can swim, boat or simply enjoy the view.
- Prices range from $2,275 to $2,903 per person
depending on number of passengers - Yellowknife departure
- Minimum 2 people
- Maximum 6 people
Contact
Box 260 Fort Simpson NT X0E 0N0
Ph: 867-695-2505 | Toll Free: 1-866-995-2505 | Fax: 867-695-2925
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Muskox Adventure
- Experience a unique species and a northern treasure – ovibos moschatus. Muskox.
- Spend a day at fishing, lunching and walking the vast tundra with camera in hand, searching for muskox.
- Prices range from $1250 per person to $1500 per person depending on number of passengers.
- Yellowknife departure
- Minimum 6 people
- Maximum 14 people
Contact: Dan Wettlaufer
Lynx Tundra Lodge,
Box 3
Fort Smith, NT X0E 0P0
Ph/Fax: 867-872-5272
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Arctic Photography Adventure
- This seven-day program gives you the opportunity to capture on camera the intricate beauty of the tundra, from our barrenland caribou to our colourful autumn flora.
- Guided by professional nature photographer, Dr. Robert Berdan, this program is suitable for all levels of photographers or anyone interested in exploring the tundra.
- Dates: September 5th – 11th, 2011
- Price: $4,795.00
- Yellowknife departure
- Minimum: 4
- Maximum: 8
Contact: Peterson’s Point Lake Lodge
Box 447, Yellowknife, NT X1A 2N4
Ph/Fax: 867-920-4654
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Non Organized Tours
While visiting Yellowknife, stay a while longer and experience some of the spectacular sights the Northwest Territories has to offer.
Over 1,140,835 square kilometres of unspoilt beauty await your curiosity.
Spend an hour, a day or a week fishing on our super-sized lakes. Anglers can fish for more than nine top species in the Northwest Territories including Arctic grayling, Great Northern pike, Lake trout, inconnu, pickerel and burbot. Soak up the Aurora Borealis when our northern sun finally sets around 2300 hrs. Drive, hike or canoe our wilderness highways or relax at one of our wilderness lodges. Fly into one of our communities or over our endless waterways.
Visit spectacularnwt.com for more ideas how to capture the wonders of the Northwest Territories!
Looking for an urban experience while in the City of Yellowknife? Our capital has sights, sounds and tastes equal to any city but unique to the north.
Tour Canada’s only round Legislature.
Travel back in time at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre or time travel yourself on the streets of Yellowknife.
Take in a diamond polishing exhibit or polish your own glass treasure. Take a guided fishing trip on Great Slave Lake or sample freshly caught whitefish, trout and pickerel. Purchase an original souvenir of your trip from one of our one-of-a-kind art galleries or unique northern stores. And don’t forget to pause at one of our restaurants to reinvigorate yourself after a day of exploring.
Visit northernfrontier.com for more information on Yellowknife and surrounding area.